Names you have only ever met one of

[ladyinacampervan]

What names do you like but you have only ever met one of before?

My sister is pregnant for the first time at 43 and wants an unusual but real name and wants some inspiration.

I named my own after only once ever hearing someone called the name.

Artemis
Larissa
Renata

Footle I don't know as I only met him briefly at work.

Xanthe, Xena, Pia, Renée, Indie, Millicent, Honor, Anjali to go with my earlier Corisande and Tière.
Rohan, Jago, Wes, Xander, Auberon, Jolyon, Caspar for boys / men.

SuNi (pronounced soo nee)
Parents were called Sue and Neil.
Bit ridiculous but it’s actually not a terrible name and amused everyone for an evening when we imagined what our names would have been had our parents used the same method to name us
Valtone anyone?

Adding more - Hope, Orneth, Charmian, Della, Eithne, Grainne, Ishbel, Klara, Greta, Celestina, Edwina, Evelina, Elspeth, Opal, Adela, Kezrah.

@Hoppinggreen

SuNi (pronounced soo nee) Parents were called Sue and Neil. Bit ridiculous but it’s actually not a terrible name and amused everyone for an evening when we imagined what our names would have been had our parents used the same method to name us Valtone anyone?

I know a Kayleigh named by the same method, but at least she chanced upon an actual name.

I know a Skye - she complains that she hears people shouting her in the park only to realise they are calling their dog.

Loretta
Drummond
Rolf
Berenice

I also have lots of friends from Europe who live in the UK so some of the names they've chosen are 'normal' for their home countries are unusual here.

Adrienne, Dante

I started this exact thread a couple of years ago 😄 I love this stuff.

Only ever met one:

Jera (f)
Madoc (m)
Gulliver (m)
Kyrie (pronounced a bit like kerryay) (f)

Magda
Crewe
Emanuella
Mercy

Lawson

Alder
Reuel
Amidor
Phoenix
Kerry

Mirabelle
Amethyst
Olivine
Dian (pronounced dee-ehn)
Oretha Pearl - double name, definitely spelled that way, older woman who was very firey.
Nephany

Kaylum. A boy I was at school with 45 years ago.

Rhianna

Lupin

Mica (female)

Jacob

Joelle
Queenie
Bettina
Genesis

@Gemma2019 Every obstetrician I know has a mate who apparently looked after La-a's mother in labour 🙄

I've only ever met one:
Christophine (f)
Blossom (f)
Hiram (m)
Gentle (f)
Caspian (m)
Pandora (f)
Zadie (f)
Velynne (f)
Oren (m)
Avie (f)

All my life I wanted to name my child Arlo, having only ever heard it on the 70s folk singer, but when I turned up for my sweep and told the midwife it was a boy she said "ooh we've had three boys born here already today - and they've all been called Arlo!" (DS ended up with a very pedestrian name after that 😆)

All my life

Zebedee

Chase
Arlo
Llewellyn
Darius
Gawain

Talith
Eluned
Kezia
Bobby-Jo
Had an aunt Queen
Rhiannon

Not sure I like them all but definitely known them all!

Teuila

@NaToth

Charissa

If she’s Dutch, we may have met the same one!

Fascinating! As pp have pointed out, the names are so dependant on where you've spent time on your life. Some of mine I know are better known elsewhere, but I've only met one.

Male
Lysander
Holden
Marcas (with that spelling)
Tiernan
Rowan
Otis
Nessan
Turlough
Colman
Blake
Eliot
Takis
Ankush
Girish
Bryce
Miles
Ebenezer
Bradley
Danann
Devin
Clement

Female
Vanessa
Iseult
Marella
Marieta
Dorothy
Pia
Axelle
Charmaine
Siun
Pippa
Marnie
Aghna
Adelaide
Nuala
Norma
Adelina
Stacey
Desiree

I met a Pixie at my place of work some years ago, never heard the name since

@mum2jakie 3 on your list ive met, really nice names

Joley
Chantelle
Claudia
Woody